WANTED: left foot gear change conversion for 350/500 strada

raptor · Post by **raptor** » 27 Apr 2009 18:45

Hi does any one out there have the necessary components (links etc) to convert from right to left hand gearchange for 350/500 strada? or has anyone found a different method to change it..
Many thanks ....

moriniuk · Post by **moriniuk** » 29 Apr 2009 08:09

I have thought about adapting the change over linkages from the later off road models or perhaps removing the centre stand and using the centre stand bolt holes as a way to support the change over linkage.

I really dislike the right foot gear change and all of the above was planned for my race Morini. I really believe that I could have gained valuable seconds with a left foot gear change. The race bike is a dormant project at the moment, but maybe one day I'll get around to doing this conversion.

H.

raptor · Post by **raptor** » 08 May 2009 18:25

Thanks for the reply..I have thought about having linkages made up if I cannot find any.. but need a new crankshaft for the 500 first..Oh dear!!

SupermotoDave · Post by **SupermotoDave** » 08 May 2009 19:25

There are no specific kits/linkages available so you are on your own; you could use some bits from later off roaders etc but you will need to mod the frame and you would end up with off road type levers, not quite so delicate or dainty to look at. To me it always seems a lot of work for very little but then I swopped between my kanguru and strada when they were both working with no difficulty.

mantaray · Post by **mantaray** » 09 May 2009 07:24

SupermotoDave wrote:There are no specific kits/linkages available so you are on your own; you could use some bits from later off roaders etc but you will need to mod the frame and you would end up with off road type levers, not quite so delicate or dainty to look at. To me it always seems a lot of work for very little but then I swopped between my kanguru and strada when they were both working with no difficulty.

euh ???
There are kits for 350 's.
Sometimes you'll find them on the German ebay.
I have seen 2 sets (in 3 months) selling around 20-25â‚¬

raptor · Post by **raptor** » 13 May 2009 11:57

Hi thanks for that, I will have a look on Ebay Germany..It would be good if I could find some thing

SupermotoDave · Post by **SupermotoDave** » 14 May 2009 19:12

Well you live and learn. I've not seen them in 25+ years of Morini ownership.

mantaray · Post by **mantaray** » 15 May 2009 12:38

The partlist

raptor · Post by **raptor** » 22 May 2009 11:46

Thank you for that info ( parts list ) I will investigate..

mgill · Post by **mgill** » 15 Jul 2009 12:46

Changing to the right side shifter was the first thing I did to my 3 1/2.
The left side setup was sloppy, unresponsive, and did not have any
"feal" when shifting gears.